Abstract:
Compositions comprising graphene sheets, at least one binder, and a carrier system, wherein about 1 to about 50 weight percent of the carrier system comprises at least one cyclic amide, cyclic imide, and/or lactone. The compositions may be used as coatings and inks.
Abstract:
Zinc oxide powder of the present invention has a specific surface area which is in a range of 1.5 m2/g to 65 m2/g, a conductivity which is 150 μS/cm or less and a bulk specific volume which is in a range of 0.5 mL/g to 10 mL/g.
Abstract:
A rubber wet masterbatch obtained, using at least a carbon black, a dispersing solvent, and a latex solution of a rubber as raw materials, the carbon black being a carbon black having an iodine adsorption number of 41 mg/g or less, and the rubber wet masterbatch being obtained through the following process: a process in which at the time of dispersing the carbon black into the dispersing solvent, at least one portion of the rubber latex solution is added to the carbon-black-dispersed solvent to produce a slurry solution comprising the carbon black to which rubber latex particles adhere, subsequently the slurry solution is mixed with the rest of the rubber latex solution, and next the mixture is solidified and dried.
Abstract:
A method of producing rubber compounds, in which the polymer base is composed partly of a first polymer material having a glass transition temperature of over −50° C., and partly of a second polymer material having a glass transition temperature of below −50° C. and silica as a filler. The method includes a preliminary first polymer material treating step, in which the first polymer material, a silica having a surface area of 80 to 135 m2/g, a silane bonding agent, and at least one nucleophile agent are mixed together; a preliminary second polymer material treating step, in which the second polymer material, a silica having a surface area of 150 to 220 m2/g, a silane bonding agent, and at least one nucleophile agent are mixed together; a mixing step, in which the compounds resulting from the preliminary treating steps are mixed together; and a final step, in which stearic acid and a curing system are added and mixed with the compound being produced.
Abstract:
Provide is a rubber composition which is improved in rolling resistance and abrasion resistance at the same time without reducing a wet grip performance, and the rubber composition is prepared by compounding 100 parts by mass of a rubber component containing 30% by mass or more of polyisoprene with 2 to 200 parts by mass of carbon black having a hydrogen release rate of 0.2% by mass or more and/or a ratio of a nitrogen adsorption specific surface area N2SA and a cetyltrimethylammonium bromide adsorption specific surface area CTAB, N2SA/CTAB, of 1.2 to 1.5 and a nitrogen adsorption specific surface area N2SA of 160 to 300 m2/g.
Abstract:
A rubber composition in which from 80 to 150 parts by weight of carbon black having a nitrogen adsorption specific surface area of from 200 to 400 m2/g is compounded per 100 parts by weight of styrene-butadiene rubber including from 60% to 100% by weight of solution-polymerized styrene-butadiene rubber S-SBR1 and from 40% to 0% by weight of solution-polymerized styrene-butadiene rubber S-SBR2 to result in a total of 100% by weight, the styrene quantity of the S-SBR1 being from 30% to 38% by weight, the vinyl quantity of the S-SBR1 being from 60% to 80% by weight, the glass transition temperature of the S-SBR1 being from −20° C. to −5° C., the weight-average molecular weight of the S-SBR1 being from 1,000,000 to 1,800,000, the glass transition temperature of the S-SBR2 being not less than −30° C. and less than −20° C., and the weight-average molecular weight of the S-SBR2 being from 1,000,000 to 1,800,000.
Abstract:
Provide are a rubber composition for tire which is excellent in a wet grip performance and abrasion resistance and which has small rolling resistance and a low fuel consumption, and a tire prepared by using the above rubber composition. The rubber composition is prepared by compounding 100 parts by mass of a rubber component comprising a styrene-butadiene rubber or a styrene-butadiene rubber and a butadiene rubber with 2 to 200 parts by mass of carbon black as a reinforcing filler, wherein the carbon black has at least a hydrogen release rate of 0.2% by mass or more and/or a ratio N2SA/CTAB of 1.2 to 1.5 in which N2SA is a nitrogen adsorption specific surface area and CTAB is a cetyltributylammonium bromide adsorption specific surface area, and has a N2SA of 160 to 300 m2/g.
Abstract:
A low-density polyethylene nanocomposite comprising 5 weight percent or more of at least one nanoscale filler selected from the group consisting of montmorillonite clay, silica and zinc oxide. Changes in weatherability of the three low-density polyethylene nanocomposites based on the nanoscale fillers are determined. A surface area of the nanoscale filler in the nanocomposites is from 10 m2/g to 50 m2/g.
Abstract:
A mixture used for curtain coating a flexible substrate includes calcium carbonate and low density polyethylene. The calcium carbonate comprises 15%-80% by weight of the mixture and the low density polyethylene comprises 85%-20% by weight of the mixture. The calcium carbonate and the low density polyethylene are combined in a melt compounded blend.
Abstract:
A rubber composition for a tire tread comprising: a diene rubber; a silica having an N2SA of from 194 to 225 m2/g and a CTAB of from 180 to 210 m2/g; and a polysiloxane represented by the average composition formula of formula (1) and contained in an amount of from 1 to 20 mass % with respect to the quantity of silica. (A)a(B)b(C)c(D)d (R1)3SiO(4-2a-b-c-d-e)/2. Also provided is a pneumatic tire having tire treads formed using the rubber composition.